Comments on: Maybe Rachel will run in the Travershttp://blog.timesunion.com/horseracing/maybe-rachel-will-run-in-the-travers/1848/
National and local horse racing newsThu, 04 Aug 2016 14:45:36 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1By: dshttp://blog.timesunion.com/horseracing/maybe-rachel-will-run-in-the-travers/1848/#comment-1207
Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:25:47 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/horseracing/?p=1848#comment-1207that would be the Personal Ensign Irish…….but the purse is too low for her I “think”…only 400K…NYRA will have to step up to the plate to get her in that race and let Zenyatta connections turn down this challenge
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Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:39:38 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/horseracing/?p=1848#comment-1201Maybe Jackson would be easier to get on the phone if the media would stop criticizing him over his decision to skip the BC.

That said, I hope Rachel runs in the Travers. I’m dying to see her try 10 furlongs. But I must admit if I were her owner I’d try her at that distance against the girls first.

]]>By: fittyhttp://blog.timesunion.com/horseracing/maybe-rachel-will-run-in-the-travers/1848/#comment-961
Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:23:55 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/horseracing/?p=1848#comment-961Trackdaddy – let the curiosity seekers and the tourists go elsewhere. The real fans can enjoy the day at the track and the “apres track” better if attendance dips. I’ll enjoy the $25 prix-fixe…
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Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:02:29 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/horseracing/?p=1848#comment-951Trackdaddy, the Haskell is earlier this year, same weekend as the Dandy. So there are four weeks to the Travers. I agree that if it were only three weeks there is no way we would see her. With four weeks I think there is a chance.
]]>By: Trackdaddyhttp://blog.timesunion.com/horseracing/maybe-rachel-will-run-in-the-travers/1848/#comment-943
Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:22:07 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/horseracing/?p=1848#comment-943As calculated and as cautious as Jess Jackson has been with this filly-do you really believe that he will run her back in 3 weeks to run in the Travers? I understand the “spin” coming from NYRA about the “maybe” and “what if’s” about Rachel running at Saratoga but c’mon Tim, you know full well that there is NO CHANCE we will see her run at the Spa.

NYRA has already conceded the 2009 meet as a financial and public relations disaster. Purses have been cut by 7%, attendance will probably see another double digit drop off and the on-track handle will plummet as well. Hotels in Saratoga have already begun cutting room rates and restaurants are offering $25 prix-fixe menus. The sad reality is that this meet has lost the polish of the old 24 day meet and the urgency to get to the Spa has diminished dramatically.

The slim horse racing fan base is more concerned with affordable, air conditioned, simulcast comfort, than traffic, $20 parking,rickety chairs, 100 year old ceiling fans and $15 drinks. And I don’t blame them.